Merce Cunningham /
Catalog of an exhibition held in Barcelona at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Feb. 5-Apr. 4, 1999, in Porto at the Fundação de Serralves, Sept. 10-Nov. 7, 1999, in Turin at the Castello de Rivoli, Jan. 20-Apr. 2, 2000, and in Vienna at the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Apr. 28-June 11, 2000....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Language Notes: | Text in English and Spanish. |
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Milano : Barcelona (E) :
Charta ; Fundació Antoni Tàpies,
1999.
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| Summary: | Catalog of an exhibition held in Barcelona at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Feb. 5-Apr. 4, 1999, in Porto at the Fundação de Serralves, Sept. 10-Nov. 7, 1999, in Turin at the Castello de Rivoli, Jan. 20-Apr. 2, 2000, and in Vienna at the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Apr. 28-June 11, 2000. If Martha Graham was the founder of modern dance. Merce Cunningham is the founder of contemporary dance. His unique, expansive notion of the aesthetic possibilities of dance has for over five decades inspired the leading lights of contemporary art, music, and theater. Using "chance procedures" as the underlying structure for choreography. Cunningham liberated dance from its rigid adherence to a musical score. From the 1970s to the present he has experimented with film, video, and computers, and has collaborated with director Charles Atlas on several film and video dances. This book, the first major critical compilation on Cunningham's work, represents a response on the part of writers, painters, dancers, critics, and others on Cunningham's creative development -- from 1944 to 1999. An invaluable and essential book on a major artist, it offers detailed looks at, among other things, Cunningham's noted collaborations with the likes of John Cage, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns, as well as texts about important performances, with photos; appreciation by Nureyev, Paul Taylor, and essays such as "Cunningham as Sculptor" and "Cunningham and Duchamp." |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-317). |
| ISBN: | 8881582163 9788881582167 8881582333 9788881582334 8881582147 9788881582143 |